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Canberra Times reports:
Canberra Hospital has built its very first "super-bariatric" room capable of dealing with patients weighing up to half a tonne.
Four dedicated bariatric rooms, which include three for patients weighing up to 250 kilograms,...
The $11.7 million refurbishment has created space for 60 extra surgical beds with orthopaedic, plastic surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery services to be housed in the new wards. Orthopaedic services will move to the ward next week, with the other services to follow later in the year.
With the super-bariatric room, the ward now can host any of the heaviest persons on Earth.
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The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible
enough to give none.
(Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Thursday August 28 2014, @12:11AM
I heard a story about a fat guy that spent a few hours farting on the toilet and was asphyxiated. At first they thought he died of methane poisoning but it turned out he's just pushed all the oxygen out of the room with his farts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 28 2014, @12:53AM
A guy died on his bed. They had to use a forklift to get him out. A piano was used for the coffin.
When the fire brigade when in to initially investigate there was a cloud of green gas above the bed. Analysis of the man's stomach and evidence including food containers around the bedroom showed that the man had generated a large amount of gas due to his diet. No window open. Door closed. His own gas killed him.
Three rescue service people were hospitalised. One seriously.